AmiGO 2: Term Details for "retinoid metabolic process" (GO:0001523)

Accession: GO:0001523
Name: retinoid metabolic process
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: retinoid metabolism
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways involving retinoids, any member of a class of isoprenoids that contain or are derived from four prenyl groups linked head-to-tail. Retinoids include retinol and retinal and structurally similar natural derivatives or synthetic compounds, but need not have vitamin A activity. Source: ISBN:0198506732
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0001523 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to retinoid metabolic process (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to retinoid metabolic process (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for retinoid metabolic process (excluding "regulates").

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For more information, please see the ontology relation documentation.

subject	relation	object
retinoid metabolic process	RO:0004007	retinoid (CHEBI:26537)
retinoid metabolic process	is_a	diterpenoid metabolic process (GO:0016101)

subject	relation	object
retinol metabolic process (GO:0042572)	is_a	retinoid metabolic process
retinoic acid metabolic process (GO:0042573)	is_a	retinoid metabolic process
vitamin A metabolic process (GO:0006776)	is_a	retinoid metabolic process
retinal metabolic process (GO:0042574)	is_a	retinoid metabolic process

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